The Cosmic Microwave Background: How It Changed Our Understanding of the Universe - Paperback
by Rhodri Evans
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rhodri EvansSeries:Astronomers' UniversePublish date:2014-12-15Pages:204
Languages:EnglishPublisher:SpringerISBN-13:9783319099279ISBN-10:3319099272UPC:9783319099279Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, PhysicsBook Topic:Astronomy, Cosmology, AstrophysicsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SCF0HQ73J7
Rhodri Evans tells the story of what we know about the universe, from Jacobus Kapteyn's Island universe at the turn of the 20th Century, and the discovery by Hubble that the nebulae were external to our own galaxy, through Gamow's early work on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and its subsequent discovery by Penzias and Wilson, to modern day satellite-lead CMB research. Research results from the ground-based experiments DASI, BOOMERANG, and satellite missions COBE, WMAP and Planck are explained and interpreted to show how our current picture of the universe was arrived at, and the author looks at the future of CMB research and what we still need to learn.
This account is enlivened by Dr Rhodri Evans' personal connections to the characters and places in the story.
This account is enlivened by Dr Rhodri Evans' personal connections to the characters and places in the story.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:SpringerISBN-13:9783319099279ISBN-10:3319099272UPC:9783319099279Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, PhysicsBook Topic:Astronomy, Cosmology, AstrophysicsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SCF0HQ73J7
Rhodri Evans is an experienced and enthusiastic science communicator. He appears regularly on the BBC talking about Astronomy and Physics and has also been on US radio and TV. He is a research fellow at Cardiff University and lectures on Physics and Astrophysics. And he is the only UK based astronomer involved in SOFIA - the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy.
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